Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd announced the appointment of Kevin O’Donnell to the position of President & Global Chief Underwriting Officer.

CEO Neill A. Currie commented: “I’m pleased to announce the promotion of Kevin to the position of President of RenRe Holdings in recognition of his increasingly strategic contributions and achievements over an extended period.

Currie noted tyhat O’Donnell “has done an outstanding job at expanding our underwriting footprint, developing our talented team and instilling the disciplines and collaborative practices which will ensure that the highest standards of risk assessment and selection are maintained well into the future.”

O’Donnell previously served as Executive Vice President & Global Chief Underwriting Officer and has been with the firm in positions of increasing leadership within the underwriting organization since 1996.

He was appointed President of Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. in 2005, and has since managed all of the Company’s reinsurance operations, including property catastrophe, ceded and retrocessional, and specialty reinsurance. In 2010, he assumed responsibility for RenRe’s direct insurance operations, including at Lloyd’s, and in 2011, for all assumed risk across the enterprise, including the company’s Ventures unit.